http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103 I have a feeling that not everyone is going to like this topic... en-us Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:44:47 EST Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:39:49 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#17 One of my college friends raised rabbits for food...at least, he said they were for food, but I never once saw any rabbit meat in his house, nor did I ever see him demonstrate how easy it was to kill and clean one, and his line of hutches got longer and lo Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:39:49 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#16 I'm with you.  I do think that factory animals should be treated well enough that they don't suffer (so I don't eat veal, for example), but I don't see anything wrong with killing them.  Wild animals are alive for themselves, though, and unless y Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:36:24 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#15 Back off, fun pig! You wanna fun-fucking-arrest me? You better get a fun-fucking-warrant! Otherwise, stay outta my... fun-fucking-face! Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:18:06 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#14 I even pick up the worms off the sidewalk after it rains and capture the spiders to put them outside. Now silverfish, those I won't hesitate to go after. But having changed my diet over the last couple years to emphasize things that were once living, I've Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:05:41 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#13 My mother just forwarded this to me, and it seemed too apropos not to pass it on.... <blockquote><i>A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will g Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:58:14 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#12 Cool picture.  Watch the ears...especially the left.  Doesn't it move like a ship's radar?  That bunny is on high alert.  Of course, if I were that low on the food chain I'd have my bunny senses turned up too. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:58:46 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#11 <i> Hmmmm,  a gun that fires tequila, eh? Where do I sign up to be part of this Tequila Gun Liberation Army<sup>TM</sup&gt that you're putting together? </i><p> The Fun Police that patrol <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808421435/info Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:45:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#10 <i>a gun that fires anything more powerful than a nerf dart or a stream of water (or tequila). </i><p> Hmmmm,  a gun that fires tequila, eh? Where do I sign up to be part of this Tequila Gun Liberation Army™ that you're putting together? And mor Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:07:09 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#9 I have no problem with hunting. I was raised in the Pacific Northwest, where hunting is just part of life. There's a reason opening day of deer season is on Saturday: if it was a weekday no one would show up to work. Even among my liberal-leaning alt.rock Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:00:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#8 <em>how different is hunting from going to the grocery store and getting a rabbit</em><p> Very different. Wild animals generally live as well as animals can (with the exception of well-loved pets) with a great deal less suffering than animals stuffed into Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:53:05 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#7 So you were raised Satanist? Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:06:50 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#6 <i>What hunters won't tell you however is that when you hunt - especially birds, what you wind up eating is as likely to send you to the dentist as it is to fill your stomach. Unlike factory grade USDA prime meat, game meat tends to have pellets which no Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:55:26 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#5 Oh, and I have a <a href="http://uppershelf.com/images/bunny.gif">bunny</a> in my backyard. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:23:44 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#4 Seems like saddling and riding a lion would be more dangerous and difficult than saddling and riding a whitetail deer. But I have to admit I don't have much experience with stuff like that. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:20:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#3 My relatively small backyard is currently occupied by no fewer than 9 deer, at least 5 of which could be saddled and ridden.  However, living as I do inside the Beltway, my options are limited.  Perhaps I can rent a pride of lions. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:15:47 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#2 When I was 7 or 8 years old, I was handed a machete which I wielded to slit the throat of a goat. I probably made a hash of it causing the animal unneccesary pain -- but the central point is that I have no problems with killing animals to eat them. Killing Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:08:02 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/1/21/1935/19103#1 I grew up in central Pennsylvania, and I have to fess up to having a real taste for squirrel. It's a lean meat that's not at all gamy tasting, and it's usually pretty tender as well (as long as the squirrel's not too old, anyway). Generally, squirrel wil Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:55:01 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/